Re: door knob caps

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>


It's not really a direct short as your circuit layout will contain a
considerable amount of inductance.  We've run our generator for 3 years with
no problems.

Dr. Resonance

 >
 > What effect does running the caps like this have on their lifespan?  I
 > remember Terry posting a while back reasons why one does not want to
 > directly short out a pulse cap, mainly due to the very large currents that
 > will be present.  Does this design require some kind of dampening
 > resistance, or do the charging resistors take care of that for you?
 >
 > Chris Arnold